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“He screwed a lot of my life up.”

Alleged victim

The woman , who was 19-years old at the time, told London's Southwark Crown Court that Travis put his hand up her skirt and touched her breast while they were alone at the opening of a hospital radio station in 1973.

She said Travis had a "haunting look" on his face as he touched her and she felt "frightened" and "ashamed".

The woman added that she avoided watching the former Top Of The Pops presenter on the TV again.

Breaking down in tears, she said her ordeal had an effect on her love life with her late husband, who would never know why.

"When he put his arms around me, I'd freeze," she said.

The woman, who said she was brought up a strict Catholic, said the incident left her too scared to go out on her own.

She said of Travis: "He screwed a lot of my life up."

The witness described how she felt uncomfortable when Travis put his arm round her waist as he escorted her round the hospital. She said she shoved it away but "didn't dare say anything".

The alleged victim, who said she was wearing a long wraparound skirt, told jurors they then walked down a dark, deserted corridor.

"He then put his hand on my thigh and in my skirt and touched my inner thigh and held it there quite firmly," she said.

"I didn't say a word, I was too frightened. He put his hand around my waist again and I think I went quite stiff and he put his hand up towards my boob."

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She added that the fact that nobody else was around was "terrifying", and although Travis did not say anything either, he had a "nasty" look on his face. A "haunting look, it was a weird look," she added.

The woman said that afterwards she tried to "bury it inside" but everything came back when she saw news coverage of Travis's arrest.

"I just went mental indoors. I actually wanted to punch the television," she said.

Former Radio 1 DJ Travis denies 13 indecent assaults and one sexual assault, dating back to 1976 and the height of his fame.

Another alleged victim, a former BBC employee, told the court that Dave Lee Travis groped her bottom as she

She said she was "startled" when the presenter placed his hand on her and "squeezed my bottom".

The woman told London's Southwark Crown Court that she did not bother complaining to her bosses as she had already gone to them about sexual harassment she had suffered at the corporation and nothing was done.

She said: “I had already complained and nothing had happened.

“It would have just fallen on deaf ears. It's not like I could have said something to him (Travis).

“I felt quite unprotected if I'm honest with you. This has stuck with me for all these years.”

She added that because she was concentrating on operating a camera and connected to around two metres of cable, she was trapped and unable to move.

Giving evidence from behind a screen, the woman said: "What I remember was I was kind of startled because I felt something on my bottom. My right buttock.

"And then I realised that there was someone next to me - because he was a lot bigger than me - talking into his mic.

"I can't remember what he was saying into the mic. I don't remember whether he was talking generally, it wouldn't have been a recording. He was just possibly talking to the audience who were in the studio at that time."